Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

1. (1) In phrs. loud out, aloud, in a loud voice, as opposed to laich in s.v. Laich, adj., In, adv., 4. (Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B., 1942 Zai). Gen.Sc.; (2) comb. loud-spoken, having a loud voice; forward or over-bearing in speech. Gen.Sc.; (3) to be naething the louder, in curling, used imper. as a direction to a player to attempt to hit and displace an opponent's stone without giving his own any extra force (Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 61).
(1)Ayr. 1822 GaltProvost xii.: He, and them all, speaking loud out to one another as if they had been hard of hearing.Lth. 1856 M. OliphantLilliesleaf xxxiv.: Said Mrs. Elphinstone, speaking loud out, so that Rhoda could easily hear.Abd. 1866 G. MacdonaldAlec Forbes lxix.: No man ever heard her voice lood oot.Lnk. 1881 A. WardropPoems 25: Div you speak oot lood when you're thinking?Sc. 1896 StevensonW. of Hermiston vi.: I wouldna like to sing out loud on the Sabbath.Kcd. 1933 L. G. GibbonCloud Howe 98: He laughed as well, not decent and low as a man would do that spoke to a minister, but loud out and vulgar.(2)Sc. 1882 StevensonNew Arabian Nights I. 138: Sir Thomas was . . . loud-spoken, boisterous and domineering.Wgt. 1885 G. FraserPoems 88: Said a lood-spoken hissy, “My word, but he's spruce”.